Census Predictors
(Based on 1990 U.S. Census Data)
|
|
| Education | % |
|
Race/Ethnicity * | % |
| Education less than 9th grade: |
14 |
|
White: | 87 |
| Education between 9th and 12th grades: |
24 |
|
Black: |
12 |
| High school diploma or equivalent: |
36 |
|
Native American: |
0 |
| Received some college - no degree: |
15 |
|
Asian / Pacific Islander: |
1 |
| Received Associates Degree: |
5 |
|
Other race: |
0 |
| Received Bachelors Degree: |
5 |
|
| Attended graduate school: |
2 |
|
Recent Immigrant |
% |
|
Recent Immigrants: |
0 |
| English Proficiency |
% |
|
|
| Speak English very well: |
99 |
|
Weeks Worked |
% |
| Speak English well: |
1 |
|
Between 39 and 52 weeks: |
40 |
| Speak English not well or not at all: |
0 |
|
Between 26 and 39 weeks: |
5 |
|
|
Between 13 and 26 weeks: |
5 |
| Labor Force Status |
% |
|
Between 1 and 13 weeks: |
6 |
| Employed: |
47 |
|
Did not work: |
43 |
| Unemployed: |
3 |
|
| Not in the labor force: |
49 |
|
Work Disability | % |
|
|
% With work disability: |
22 |
| Occupation |
% |
| Professional, technical, managerial: |
22 |
| Sales, administrative assistant: |
25 |
|
* Hispanic origin, a different Census variable, was not used as a predictor because its impact on literacy was captured by English proficiency and immigration variables. |
| Service: |
33 |
| Laborer: |
21 |